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Everett Sloane

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Extreme Weather

The northern lights could push as far south as 21 states on August 19

August 17, 2026

Nuclear

China switched on the world’s first commercial small modular reactor

August 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The 1883 Krakatoa eruption was so loud it circled the Earth four times and burst eardrums 40 miles away

August 16, 2026

Climate Policy and Regulation

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now twice the size of Texas

August 16, 2026

Power and Grids

A Carrington-level solar storm could knock out the power grid for months, and one nearly hit in 2012

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

The southern San Andreas has been quiet for 300 years, and seismologists say that is the scary part

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

A wall of mud from Mount Rainier could reach Seattle’s suburbs in under an hour

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Cascadia fault is locked and loaded for a magnitude-9 quake scientists say is overdue

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

A derecho tore across northern Illinois with punishing winds and spun up tornadoes near Chicago

August 16, 2026

Energy Transition

OpenAI is building a massive data center in rural Georgia to feed its power-hungry AI models

August 16, 2026

Energy Transition

Federal safety officials just recalled kerosene fuel bottles that can erupt in a flash fire

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

Oregon and Washington have now burned past 3 million acres

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

A magnitude 7.7 quake off Indonesia has killed at least 47 people

August 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

A wildfire can create its own weather, spinning up fire tornadoes that fling burning debris for miles

August 15, 2026

Extreme Weather

The strongest tornadoes can throw a loaded truck like a toy and level a brick home in seconds

August 15, 2026

Extreme Weather

A single lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the sun

August 15, 2026

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